for which there is a fair and acceptable reason 正当合理的；合情合理的 a legitimate grievance 合乎情理的抱怨 It seemed a perfectly legitimate question. 这似乎是完全合乎情理的问题。 Politicians are legitimate targets for satire. 政客理所当然成为讽刺的对象。
Extra ExamplesParents' concerns about the disease are quite legitimate. 父母对这种疾病的担忧是完全合理的。 People have a legitimate expectation that their politicians should be honest. 人们有理由期望他们的政治家应该诚实。 The court ruled that celebrities' children were not a legitimate target for press intrusion. 法院判定名人子女不应成为媒体侵扰的目标。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- consider something
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- completely
- entirely
- perfectly
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allowed and acceptable according to the law 合法的；法律认可的；法定的 the legitimate government of the country 这个国家的合法政府 Is his business strictly legitimate? 他的生意是否绝对合法？ The legitimate government was reinstated after the uprising. 暴动平息后，合法政府重新执政。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- consider something
- …
- completely
- entirely
- perfectly
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(of a child 小孩 born when its parents are legally married to each other 合法婚姻所生的
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘born of parents lawfully married to each other’): from medieval Latin legitimatus ‘made legal’, from the verb legitimare, from Latin legitimus ‘lawful’, from lex, leg- ‘law’.